Compliance

May 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland threw out class action claims by shareholders of Janus Capital Group (JCG) who alleged...

May 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced plans to host a June 19 roundtable discussion about Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company...

May 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service have issued proposed rules (REG-143601-06) and mortality tables, including substitute mortality tables, for determining present value...

May 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees can't sue over workplace discrimination in their compensation if the discriminatory acts were more than 180 days before the repot of the...

May 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released guidance with regard to the unlawful disparate treatment of workers with caregiving responsibilities in an...

May 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers in Indiana passed legislation this month that will give some employers a tax incentive to provide health and wellness programs to their...

May 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush on Friday signed into law a bill that will provide the first boost to the minimum wage in 10 years, CNS...

May 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge in Virginia has rebuffed efforts by two executives and admitted fiduciaries of a 401(k) plan to apply a $39,000 plan...

May 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Hampshire Senate approved a plan Thursday that would mean a 2 ½% increase for retirees this year, the Associated Press reported.

May 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vermont firefighters diagnosed with certain types of cancer will be eligible for workers' compensation benefits for up to 10 years after retirement, according...

May 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former owner of Viewpoint Skylights, Solariums, Greenhouses Inc., was charged with 18 counts of embezzling 401(k) assets, fraud and tax evasion following...

May 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has upheld a lower court decision throwing out a hiring discrimination suit against the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

May 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released final rules permitting distributions to pension plan participants upon attainment of normal retirement...

May 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill that would give prescription contraceptives the same insurance coverage as other prescriptions won a victory in the Oregon House and now...

May 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal grand jury in Nashville has returned a 78-count superseding indictment against the former CEO of Tennessee corporate benefits administrator 1Point Solutions...

May 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal appellate court has thrown out a $9,800 fine against an employer for not providing plan documents to a participant, finding that...

May 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee is allowing the progression of a class action suit...

May 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawyers for International Paper Company (IPC) - one of a series of legal targets for class-action participant lawsuits filed last year alleging excessive...

May 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Texas House threw its support behind a measure that would force the state's pension funds to divest their holdings in companies doing...

May 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Canadian plasterer who was rendered a paraplegic after contracting the West Nile virus is entitled to benefits from his workplace group accident...